The Daily Bulletin Archive

In preparation for 2015 J-Term and spring 2015 registration windows, the Financial Aid Office (FAO) has posted some helpful financial aid resources and tools on its website. We encourage you to refer to these resources during advisement sessions with students:

• SUNY Smart Track Financial Literacy Website: As members of SUNY, all students (prospective and current), faculty, and staff may access the SUNY Financial Literacy Website. The website contains online courses, articles, and calculators spanning topics from retirement to credit cards.
• Cost Calculator: Students can estimate their expected semester charges using this web-based calculator. It allows students to easily compare different scenarios, such as living on-campus versus off-campus or attending full-time versus part-time. A simplified version is also available for J-Term.
• Bill Estimator (XLS): Bill Estimator is a Microsoft Excel-based calculator that allows students to estimate their costs and input their expected financial aid to determine their expected out-of-pocket cost or refund.
• Loan Repayment Calculator: Students can estimate their monthly payment based on their annual or aggregate loan debt.
• Work-Study Calculator (XLS): This tool allows students and supervisors to track how many hours have been worked and how many hours students have remaining to work in the semester.
• Announcements: The FAO home page is updated frequently to notify students and parents of processing times and student announcements.
• Faculty and Staff Resources: This is a repository of financial aid guides related to specific functional areas (e.g., academic advising, grading, etc.).
• Campus and External Scholarships: Buffalo State offers a variety of scholarship opportunities for current, newly accepted first-year, and transfer students. Campus scholarship funding is made possible through donations from alumni and friends of the college who value a Buffalo State education.

Additional Resources:

• Financial Aid Reference Guide (PDF)
• Federal SAP Guide (PDF)
• Academic Advising and Financial Aid Eligibility (PDF)
• J-Term Website – provides important information regarding J-Term and aid eligibility during J-Term. (Taking courses in J-Term will not change a student’s ineligible SAP status. Please contact the Financial Aid Office with questions regarding eligibility.) 

If you have questions regarding this article, please contact us at finaid@buffalostate.edu or ext. 4902.